Tessa Blanchard

Tessa Blanchard
Blanchard in April 2018
Born (1995-07-26) July 26, 1995
Residence Brooklyn, New York, United States[1]
Parent(s) Tully Blanchard (father)
Magnum T.A. (step-father)
Family Joe Blanchard (grandfather)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s) Tessa Blanchard
Billed height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Billed weight 126 lb (57 kg)
Billed from Charlotte, North Carolina
Trained by George South
Tully Blanchard
Magnum T.A.
Debut June 13, 2014

Tessa Blanchard (born July 26, 1995) is an American professional wrestler signed with Impact Wrestling, Rise Wrestling, and Women of Wrestling (WOW), performing under her real name. She is the current Impact Knockouts Champion, and Phoenix of Rise Champion in her first reign.[2] Blanchard has also wrestled for various U.S. independent promotions - including Shimmer Women Athletes - and the Japanese joshi-promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom. A third generation professional wrestler, Blanchard is the daughter of Four Horsemen member Tully Blanchard.

Early years

Blanchard decided to start wrestling around late 2012 to early 2013.[3]

Professional wrestling career

Training and independent circuit (2014–present)

Blanchard post-match in 2013

Blanchard trained with George South. She began her career on June 13, 2014 at Queens of Combat 2 where she interrupted a speech by Miss Rachel after her victory over Amanda Rodriguez; the result was a match that Miss Rachel won. On 11 October, she participated in the Super 8 ChickFight tournament organized by the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA), a federation of Delaware, where women under ECWA compete. Blanchard won the tournament by eliminating successively Tina San Antonio Renee and Michelle and finally Jenny Rose. A week later, Blanchard successfully defended her title of women's champion of the ECWA against Amber O'Neal.

On November 8, 2014, Blanchard debuted for Women Superstars Uncensored and was defeated by Niya in a match for the WSU Spirit Championship at Breaking Barriers III. On February 21, 2015, Blanchard picked up her first victory in WSU when she defeated Sassy Stephie.

Blanchard debuted for Shine Wrestling as a villain at the Shine 26 event on April 3, 2015, and was defeated by Evie. Later in the evening, Blanchard attacked Leva Bates, causing her and Jessicka Havok to be defeated by Saraya Knight and Su Yung, and later became the newest member of Valkyrie. At Shine 27, Blanchard was defeated by Bates. After the match, she and April Hunter both attacked Bates.

On January 9, 2016, Blanchard made her Lucha Underground debut losing to Ivelisse Velez in a dark match.[4][5][6]

On June 16, 2018, Blanchard defeated Mercedes Martinez to win the WSU Championship.

On September 1, 2018, at the event All In, Blanchard defeated Britt Baker, Chelsea Green and Madison Rayne in a Four Corner Survival match.[7]

WWE (2014, 2016, 2017)

Blanchard appeared in WWE as a member of Adam Rose's partying entourage in May 2014. She had a tryout match against Chasity Taylor.

Two years later, Blanchard returned to WWE, making her in-ring debut on April 2, 2016 in NXT in a match won by Alexa Bliss. On April 28, Blanchard wrestled and lost to Nia Jax. On June 9, Blanchard wrestled her third match, losing to Carmella. Blanchard also appeared in an episode of Raw in a bar segment with Cesaro and Sheamus.

On July 13, 2017, Blanchard returned as part of the Mae Young Classic, being eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Kairi Sane. She then appeared in a dark match, on July 14, 2017 in a six-woman tag team match teaming with Jazzy Gabert & Kay Lee Ray against Santana Garrett, Marti Belle, and Sarah Logan, in which Blanchard's team was victorious.

World Wonder Ring Stardom (2016−2017)

In August 2016, Blanchard made her Japanese debut for the World Wonder Ring Stardom promotion by entering the 2016 5★Star Grand Prix[8], where she made it to the finals, before losing to Yoko Bito on September 22.[9] Blanchard returned to Stardom in April 2017. On April 30, she took part in the 2017 Cinderella Tournament, where she defeated High Speed Champion Kris Wolf in the first round, before being eliminated in the second round by eventual tournament winner Toni Storm.[10] On May 14, Blanchard teamed with Jessicka Havok to unsuccessfully challenge Hiroyo Matsumoto and Jungle Kyona for the Goddess of Stardom Championship.[11]

Impact Wrestling (2018−present)

Blanchard made her Impact Wrestling debut on Redemption, when she joined the commentary team during a match between Kiera Hogan and Taya Valkyrie.[12] Blanchard turned heel on the May 3, 2018 episode of Impact!, when she attacked Hogan during her rematch against Valkyrie. This led to Blanchard making her in-ring debut two weeks later, defeating Kiera Hogan. After the match, Tessa continued her assault on Hogan until Madison Rayne came in for the save. On May 24 episode of Impact!, Blanchard explained why she attacked Hogan, later that night, Blanchard interfered in Madison Rayne's match by attacking Madison Rayne from behind after the match was over, cementing her villainous character. On Slammiversary XVI, Blanchard scored her first pay-per-view win, when she defeated Allie.[13] On August 30 episode of Impact! ReDefined special, Blanchard defeated Allie and Su Yung in a three–way match to win the Impact Knockouts Championship for the first time.[14] At One Night Only: Bad Intentions which aired on August 31, 2018, Blanchard made her first successful title defense against Gisele Shaw.[15] On September 6 episode of Impact!, Blanchard successfully defended her title against Yung. After the match, Yung attacked Blanchard and tried to put her inside a coffin, until Allie and Hogan rescued Blanchard and attacked Yung. When Allie and Hogan tried to help Blanchard to get out of the coffin, Blanchard dismissed their help, claiming that she doesn't need friends.[16] Blanchard successfully defended her title against Faby Apache on the September 27 episode of Impact!. After the match, Valkyrie challenged Blanchard a match for the title at Bound for Glory, which Blanchard accepted.[17] At Bound for Glory, Blanchard retained her title against Valkyrie.[18]

The Crash (2018-present)

On July 14, Blanchard defeated Lacey Lane and Santana Garrett to win The Crash Women's Championship.

Rise Wrestling (2018-present)

On July 7, Rise Wrestling had their Rise of the Knockouts cross-promotional event with Impact Wrestling. Blanchard won the Phoenix of Rise Championship, in a 30 minute Iron Woman match against Mercedes Martinez to win the previously vacated title. [19]

Personal life

Blanchard with her father Tully in 2014

She is the granddaughter of wrestler Joe Blanchard, daughter of Tully Blanchard and the stepdaughter of Magnum T.A.. She was the stunt double for actress Florence Pugh in the upcoming movie Fighting with my family, a Dwayne Johnson produced film about former WWE wrestler Paige.

Championships and accomplishments

Blanchard wearing the Canadian Wrestling Federation's Women's championship title

References

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  3. ↑ http://www.pwponderings.com/2014/09/16/indy-spotlight-Tessa-Blanchard
  4. ↑ "Lucha Underground: No Mas". < On April 24, 2016, Blanchard wrestled in a tag team dark match alongside Prince Puma at a Lucha Underground taping defeating Marty Martinez and Mariposa
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